1987 AJHSME Problems/Problem 14

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A computer can do $10,000$ additions per second. How many additions can it do in one hour?

$\text{(A)}\ 6\text{ million} \qquad \text{(B)}\ 36\text{ million} \qquad \text{(C)}\ 60\text{ million} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 216\text{ million} \qquad \text{(E)}\ 360\text{ million}$

Solution

There are $3600$ seconds per hour, so we have $\begin{align*} \frac{3600\text{ seconds}}{\text{hour}}\cdot \frac{10,000\text{ additions}}{\text{second}} &= \frac{36,000,000\text{ additions}}{\text{hour}} \\ &= 36\text{ million additions per hour} \end{align*}$

$\boxed{\text{B}}$

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